THE ART OF CHALLENGING

If you are going to coach, you are going to have to challenge people. It comes with the job. So, how are you at the skill of challenging? A coach who doesn’t challenge is like an electrical plug that’s dead. A coach who doesn’t challenge cheats the client of what a coaching client needs and wants—challenge. Last year I wrote about “challenge” several times, you can check out the 2015 series: Feb. 11, #6; Feb. 18 #7, Feb. 25 #8; August 26 #33.

Why the Importance of Challenging? We need challenge because without something to push against, we won’t grow. Everyone who has worked out at a gym knows that. Muscles grow and develop when they are challenged, otherwise they atrophy. Challenge means pushing yourself, it means expending the effort to do more and/or to do better. Challenge then is required if we are to develop as persons and develop our skills. That’s why it is so important. And that’s why clients come for coaching!